Mixing bowl



Junezl, 1938. s. H. SLO BBBB IN 2,121,165 I IIIIIIII WL Simon Hfilobodkin M; m/r ATTORNEYS Patented June 21, 1938 i 2,121,165

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MIXING BOWL Simon H. Slobodkin, New Rochelle, N. Y.

Application March 10, 1936, Serial No. 68,011

Claims. (01. 65--15) This invention relates to mixing bowls, particto the exterior facet. The middle of the curve ularly to such bowls intended for ordinary houseis thus brought to a horizontal position when hold use. the bowl is rested on one of the facets.

The primary object of the invention is to gen To the accomplishment of the foregoing and 5 erally improve mixing bowls with a View to efilsuch other objects as will hereinafter appear,

cient and convenient use with a minimum exmy invention consists in the mixing bowl elependiture of effort. ments and their relation one to the other, as are It is customary to tilt a mixing bowl on its hereinafter more particularly described in the lower edge when mixing or beating batter there specification and sought to be defined in the in, To support the bowl in this position is rapidly claims. The specification is accompanied by a 10 fatiguing, because of the tendency of the bowl drawing, in which:

to oscillate and move,-a tendency caused by the Fig. 1 is a partially sectioned view showing the very act of mixing or beating the material in improved bowl in use; and the bowl. One important object of my inven- Fig. 2 is an inverted plan View thereof.

'tion is to overcome this difiiculty, and to this Referring to the drawing, the bowl comprises 15 end I provide the lower edge or corner of the a bottom wall 12 and a side wall M. The lower bowl with a flat angularly disposed facet on peripheral portion of the bowl l6, that is, the which the bowl may be solidly rested. More prefportion connecting the bottom and side walls, is erably, I provide a series of such facets extending provided with one, or more preferably a conentirely around the lower periphery of the bowl. tinuous series of, flat angularly related facets i8. 20 However, the inside surface of the bowl is left It will be evident from inspection of the drawing smooth and rounded as though no facets were that the bowl may be tipped and solidly rested on provided on the exterior, the facets being formed any one of the facets l8. The angular position by differences in the thickness of the wall of the is maintained relatively stably, particularly in bowl. I contrastwith conventional bowls in which the 25 The bowl is ordinarily held by gripping its top edge in question is rounded so that the bowl rests edge with one hand during the mixing operation. with only single point contact. This edge has heretofore been made smooth, and The bowl is preferably made of pottery ware there is a tendency for ones hand to slip on the or ceramic material molded to the desired shape,

0 edge, in consequence of which it is necessary to and the inner wall may be and preferably is made grip the edge tightly, which in turn is rapidly smooth and continuous. In other words, the tiring. In accordance with a further feature and facets l8 do not in any way manifest themselves object of my invention, the edge of the bowl is on the interior of the bowl and are instead provided with a series of indentations or finger formed by appropriate changes in thickness of holds. These may be obtained by reversely scalthe wall or molded material. 35

loping the edge, thereby improving rather than The upper edge of the bowl is preferably marring the appearance of the bowl. The edge flanged outwardly, as is indicated at 20, and the of the bowl is preferably flanged outwardly, and resulting flange is provided with recesses or finger it is this outwardly directed flange that is inholds 22. A continuous series of these recesses dented. The resulting construction is particumay be formed entirely about the periphery of 40 larly easy to hold, especially when combined with the bowl, and one shape of recess is clearly illusthe aforesaid angular facets. trated in the drawing, this being a reversed or It is sometimes necessary to mix a small quanindented scallop. It will be apparent from intity of material, but this cannot be done conspection of Fig. 1, that when using the bowl the veniently with mixing bowls of conventional shalhand supporting the same grips the elevated edge 45 low design. My improved mixing bowl retains of the bowl, the desired hold being readily mainthe general characteristics of being dished and tained without fatigue because of the substantial open-topped, but the bowl is provided witharelaoutward projection of the flange 20 and the tively flat bottom wall and a relatively deep side indentations 22 which receive the fingers. In

wall, so that the material being mixed tends to fact, the scalloped edge is of great assistance in 50 settle into the corner of the bowl with sufficient holding the bowl no matter how the edge is depth for efficient beating. At the same time the gripped.

corner is itself broadly rounded to easily receive It will be noted on reference to Fig. 1, that any ordinary beating spoon, and the curve is my improved mixing bowl is rather deep and preferably made tangential to a plane parallel straight in configuration compared to the acute 55 angle and flared sides of the ordinary mixing bowl. In other words, the bottom wall I2 is relatively straight and the side wall I4 is high and nearly though not quite upright. Because of this construction, the mixture being beaten readily settles in a corner of the bowl, as is indicated at 24, even when only a small quantity is being handled. The resulting depth of material facilitates mixing or beating the same.

I do not mean to suggest the formation of an actual corner, for instead the bottom and side walls are connected by a smooth continuously curved surface 26, and the curvature of this surface is made such as to readily receive any ordinary mixing spoon, such as the spoon 28. I may also point out that the curved surface 26 is preferably made tangential to a horizontal plane as viewed in Fig. 1, that is, to a plane extending parallel to the adjacent exterior facet I8.

It is believed that the mode of constructing and using my improved mixing bowl, as well as the many advantages thereof, will be apparent from the foregoing detailed description. It will also be apparent that while I have shown and described my invention in a preferred form, many changes, and modifications may be made in the structure disclosed, without departing from the spirit of the invention defined in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A mixing bowl comprising a bottom wall and a side wall, the lower peripheral edge of the bowl at the junction of the bottom and side walls being provided with aplurality of flat angularly related facets of substantial area extending about said lower periphery, the inside of the bowl at said junction being smoothly curved and continuous, the upper edge of the side wall being flanged outwardly and indented with a continuous series of recesses or scallops, said facets and scallops serving to facilitate holding the bowl stably at an angle when mixing the contents thereof.

2. A mixing bowl. molded of ceramic material, and comprising a bottom wall and a side wall, the lower peripheral edge of the bowl at the junction of the bottom and side walls being provided on its exterior with a continuous series of fiat angularly related facets of substantial area, the inside of the bowl being smoothly curved and continuous at said junction, the upper edge of the side wall being flanged outwardly and indented with a continuous series of recesses or scallops, said facets and scallops serving to facilitate holding the bowl stably at an angle when mixing the contents thereof.

3. A mixing bowl comprising a relatively flat bottom wall and a deep side wall, the lower peripheral edge of the bowl at the junction of the bottom and side walls being provided on its exterior with a continuous series of fiat angularly related facets of substantial area, the inside of the bowl being smooth and continuous and curved at the junction of the bottom and side walls, the upper edgev of the side wall being flanged outwardly and indented with a continuous series of recesses.

4. A dished open-topped relatively thick-walled mixing bowl having bottom and side walls and a plurality of flat angularly disposed facets extending about the lower periphery at the junction of 'said bottom and side walls, whereby said bowl may be held relatively stably on one of said facets when mixing or beating the contents thereof, the inner wall of said bowl being smoothly curved and continuous and the fiat facets being formed by differences in the thickness of the wall of the bowl;

5. A dished open-topped relatively thick-walled mixing bowl made of ceramic material, and comprising a bottom wall and a side wall, the lower periphery of the bowl at the junction of the bottom and side walls being provided on its exterior with a plurality of fiat, angularly related facets, the inside of the bowl being smoothly curved and continuous, the flat facets being formed by differences in the thickness of the wall of the bowl, the upper periphery of the bowl being indented with a series of concave recesses or finger notches dimensioned to comfortably receive the fingers of the user, said facets and said recesses serving to facilitate holding the bowl stably when mixing or beating the contents thereof.

SIMON H. SLOBODKIN. 

